Informational websites and blogs are a great way to earn money from home. In this article Lillea Woodlyns gives some essential tips on how to earn money with a wordpress blog.

Make Money Blogging with WordPress: 7 Essentials
By Lillea Woodlyns

There are countless ways to use the excellent free blogging
platform WordPress to make money online.

From creating simple salespages to business blogs to
article directories to paid forums to fancy e-stores, there
is actually very little you can't do with WordPress when
you have the right tools and step-by-step instructions.

*7 Essential Tools to Create a Money-Making WordPress Blog*

1. Keyword Research Tool - Use the free service offered by
Google or invest in something more comprehensive like
Market Samurai. Keyword research is essential if you want
to figure out what potential customers are looking for and
how to word things to attract visitors to your site

2. Domain Name(s) and Paid Hosting - AVOID free with both!
If you are serious about making money online you need to
have full control over your site(s)

3. Latest Version of WordPress Installed On Your Site(s)

4. WordPress 'Plugins' That Help with Marketing - WordPress
out-of-the-box lacks some of the features you need if you
want to make money online. Plugins are pieces of code,
often free, that you can easily add to your blog to make it
do all kinds of helpful things.

5. WordPress 'Theme' - WordPress themes are pieces of code
you add to your blog that changes the way it appears
overall. Some of the better themes cost money but the
investment can be very worthwhile.

6. Autoresponder Service - AVOID free ones! You need a
reliable service and none of the free ones are reliable,
flexible or safe enough, no matter what you have read.

7. Free Report/Offer of Some Kind - Offer something of
value for free on your blog in exchange for personal
information. This is where your autoresponder comes in
handy to capture names of people who may become loyal
customers over time.

Other Essential Tools:

- affiliate link cloaker if you are selling other people's
products

- digital download security service, like DL Guard, if you
are selling your own digital products like ebooks and
software

- social media accounts - sign up with sites like Twitter
to promote your blog(s) - accounts with free article
directories like Ezine.com - article marketing is key to
getting traffic to your site!

- article distribution service so you can broadcast your
articles to many different directories quickly

- video distribution account to distribute videos you create

There are many other tools to consider if you are serious
about making money with your WordPress blog(s) but that
covers the basics. Good luck!

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